Tempo marking
ModeratoThe traditional Italian marking for 108–120 BPM: at a moderate speed.Pulse · tempo · time
115 BPM Metronome
This page opens a working metronome at 115 BPM. Each click arrives every 521.7 milliseconds (0.522 seconds), which the Italian tempo scale calls Moderato. Press start, then change the tempo or the time signature whenever you want — nothing here is locked.
Beats per minute
BPM
1234
Ready at 115 BPM in 4/4.
Tempo facts
How fast is 115 BPM?
A metronome set to 115 BPM plays 115 evenly spaced clicks every minute. Here is what that works out to.
Beat interval
521.7 ms60000 ÷ 115 = 521.7 milliseconds between clicks, or 0.522 seconds.Bar length
2.09 sFour beats of 4/4 at 115 BPM fill 2.09 seconds.Half and double time
57.5 / 230One beat per two clicks gives 57.5 BPM; splitting each beat in two gives 230 BPM.How 115 BPM feels
At 115 BPM the beat lasts just over half a second. This is squarely Moderato: clear momentum, but not yet quick enough to feel urgent.
What to practise at 115 BPM
115 is where sixteenth notes begin to demand real technique, arriving roughly every 130 milliseconds. Use it to test whether a fast passage is genuinely secure or merely nearly secure.
Where you meet 115 BPM
115 sits in the busiest part of the pop tempo distribution. A very large share of chart songs are written between 110 and 130 BPM, so this is a range worth being comfortable in.
Half time and double time
115 BPM in half time is 57.5 BPM: the same music, counted with one beat for every two clicks. Double time is 230 BPM, where every beat splits into two even eighth notes. Both sit inside the 30 to 300 BPM range of this metronome, so you can switch between them and hear the difference straight away.
This relationship is the reason a written tempo and a felt tempo often disagree. Drummers and producers move between the two constantly, and it is also the safest way to learn something fast: build it at 58 BPM, keep the same subdivisions, then double the number once the movement is automatic.